Dinesh Chandra Goswami
| Dinesh Chandra Goswami | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Guwahati, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Assamese |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Known for | Scientist, Children's literature author |
| Notable work | Bijnanar Anupam Jagat (The beautiful world of Science) |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Awards | three Asom Sahitya Sabha Awards, Gopal Chandra Goswami Award, Premdhar Dutta Award, National Award for Best S&T coverage in mass media by National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC), Rashtrapati Puraskar for contribution to children's literature - 2007 |
Dinesh Chandra Goswami is noted Assamese writer and winner of Sahitya Akademi's Bala Sahitya Puraskar for 2014.[1][2][3]
Early life
Dinesh Chandra was born in Ulubari Sattra village of Nalbari district of Assam in 1949. He finished his education, M.Sc. and Ph.D degree from Gauhati University. Towards the beginning of his career, in 1970, he was a lecturer in Physics. He later worked at various institutions such as CSIR, New Delhi and Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat as a scientist. Besides Assamese he knows English, Hindi and Bangla.
Career as a writer
He started writing a Children's column at the age of 11. His first book was published in 1975. He has published about seven novels, seven short story collections, one children's drama, forty-five popular science books, and various text books and guide books. Some of his significant works include Jonakir Jilikani (Novel), Tritonor Abhiyan (Drama), Abhinna Hriday (SHORT Stories), Kalpajagat (Short Stories) and Atmajivanir Dwitiya Prayas (Novel).[4] He has been the Editor of various encyclopaedias, jornals, and magazines.
Awards
For his immense contribution to children's literature, he has won several awards including:
- three Asom Sahitya Sabha Awards
- Gopal Chandra Goswami Award - 1968 and 1972
- Premdhar Dutta Award - 1980
- National Award for Best S&T coverage in mass media by National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) - 1997
- Rashtrapati Puraskar for contribution to children's literature - 2007
References
- ↑ "Bal Sahitya Awards Announced for 2014". NDTV. August 23, 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ↑ "7 from NE bag Sahitya Akademi award". The Times of India. Aug 23, 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ↑ "Bal Sahitya Puraskar November 14-16, 2014, Bengaluru awards Presentation Ceremony". Sahitya Akademi.
- ↑ Sahitya Akademi's booklet on Bal Sahitya Puraskar. Award in Assamese to Dinesh Chandra Goswami. pp. 2–3.